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03050aam a2200457 i 4500 001 7039FB4EFAD211E7A45C351A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180116092551 008 160513s2016 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016014319 020 $a 0823271552 020 $a 9780823271559 035 $a (OCoLC)935989278 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d VYF $d OCLCQ $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ny $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-us-ny 050 00 $a HV6452.N7 $b W43 2016 084 $a SOC053000 $a TRU003000 $a SOC053000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Whalen, Robert Weldon, $d 1950- $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82277092 245 10 $a Murder, Inc., and the moral life : $b gangsters and gangbusters in La Guardia's New York / $c Robert Weldon Whalen. 264 1 $a New York : $b Empire State Editions, An imprint of Fordham University Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xiii, 269 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Murder, Inc. and the Moral Life: Gangsters and Gangbusters in La Guardia's New York tells the story of the notorious 1930s Brooklyn gang nicknamed "Murder, Inc." Murder, Inc. is as well an extended moral reflection on the phenomenon of gangsters in general and the Murder, Inc. gang in particular"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a List of Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- List of Characters -- Prologue. Naked City -- Ch. 1. Reel Gangsters -- Mobsters and the Movies -- Ch. 2. Real Gangsters: Abe Reles & the Origins of Murder, Inc. -- Ch. 3. Gangster City -- Ch. 4. Fiorello La Guardia and the Cinema of Redemption -- Ch. 5. Gangbuster: Thomas Dewey and Imperfect Justice -- Ch. 6. Murder, Inc. "I Got Used to It." -- Ch. 7. A Theater of Ethics: Mr. Arsenic and the Murder, Inc. Trials -- Ch. 8. Ethics of Ambiguity: The Canary Could Sing but Couldn't Fly -- Epilogue. "That Dangerous and Sad City of the Imagination" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 650 0 $a Organized crime $z New York $z New York $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Gangsters $z New York $z New York $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Crime $z New York $z New York $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $x History $y 1898-1951. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091425 650 7 $a HISTORY $z United States $x 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a TRUE CRIME $x Organized Crime. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE $x Regional Studies. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Crime. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00882984 650 7 $a Gangsters. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00937713 650 7 $a Organized crime. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01047884 651 7 $a New York (State) $z New York. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204333 648 7 $a 1898-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210030126.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7039FB4EFAD211E7A45C351A97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search